Material Empire

"Qin Hai, you're back!"

The train stopped at Pingyuan Railway Station. As soon as Qin Hai got off the train, he felt as if a dark cloud was floating over his head. A fat man rushed up to him impatiently, and took the heavy bag from his hand.

"Ning Mo?" Qin Hai looked intently, and saw that standing in front of him dripping with sweat was his little brother Ning Mo. Ning Mo looked at Qin Hai with joy on his face, as if looking at a long-lost lover.

"Uh...you picked up the wrong person, shouldn't you go help your father carry the bag first?" Qin Hai pointed to Ning Zhongying who was walking behind him, and reminded Ning Mo.

"Oh, that's right, my dad is on a business trip with you too." Only then did Ning Mo come to his senses, and hurried forward to help Ning Zhongying carry the bag. Before Ning Zhongying reprimanded him with staring eyes, he had already turned back to Qin Hai.

"Qin Hai, why have you been away for so long? I couldn't find you. If I hadn't heard from Lao Chen that you were coming back today, I would have gone to Pujiang to find you." Ning Mo chattered to Qin Hai.

Qin Hai was confused by Ning Mo's unusual enthusiasm. No matter how good his friendship with Ning Mo was, the protagonist who picked up the station today should be Ning Zhongying. Ning Mo was so enthusiastic about him, ignored Ning Zhongying, and even said that Ning Zhongying was on a business trip with Qin Hai.

Before Qin Hai could ask Ning Mo anything, Chen Rongkun, the temporary director of the office, and Wei Long, the driver, both came up to meet him. These two people would not mistake their priorities, and just ignored Qin Hai and went straight to Ning Zhongying. up. Wei Long also took the small bag left in Ning Zhongying's hand, while Chen Rongkun asked Ning Zhongying such unnutritious questions as whether the road was hot or not, and whether there were mosquitoes on the train with a smile on his face.

Before Ning Zhongying and the others set off from Pujiang, they sent a telegram to the factory, explaining the train number and other information. It was only natural that Chen Rongkun came to pick up the station. If Ning Mo came to pick him up as Ning Zhongying's son, it would make sense, but he doesn't have Ning Zhongying in his eyes at all, and his attention is all on Qin Hai, which makes people feel strange.

"Ning Mo, what the hell are you doing? Did you come here specifically to pick me up?" Qin Hai asked Ning Mo in a low voice, taking advantage of Ning Zhongying being entangled by Chen Rongkun.

"Yeah, who else can I pick you up if I don't pick you up?" Ning Mo replied as a matter of course.

"Your skin is itchy. I'm on a business trip with your dad, and you came to pick me up. I'm not afraid that your dad will go back and clean you up." Qin Hai said with a smile.

Ning Mo looked at Ning Zhongying, and said disdainfully, "He's the factory director, and he's worried that no one will pick him up. I'm here to pick you up, it's a big deal."

"What's the big deal?" Qin Hai was taken aback.

Ning Mo pointed with his finger: "Look who is over there."

Qin Hai looked up and saw a jeep with a military license plate parked at a corner of the platform, and the soldier standing beside the car was clearly Ge Dongyan.

"Is Platoon Leader Ge looking for me?" Qin Hai understood a little bit, Ge Dongyan came to him, apparently for the military shovel. After waiting for so many days, there should be a follow-up to this matter.

"Dad, I have something to do with Qin Hai, so let's go first, okay?" Ning Mo finally realized that some things need to be approved by his father who is the factory manager, so he came to Ning Zhongying and asked him for instructions .

"What's the matter?" Ning Zhongying asked.

Qin Hai came over and said, "Director Ning, it's the matter in the army. I want to ask for leave and deal with it first."

"Oh, then you can go." Ning Zhongying nodded and agreed. Regarding the matter of the military shovel, Qin Hai once reported to Ning Zhongying, and promised that the machining of the military shovel would be handed over to Qingfeng Factory. Ning Zhongying was still very concerned about this. However, after Pujiang received so many orders, Ning Zhongying began to look down on the military shovel, but it was related to the army, and Ning Zhongying was naturally inconvenient to stop it.

"Qin Hai, you have to distinguish between priorities, there are still a lot of things waiting for you in the factory, you can't patronize the affairs of the army anymore." Watching Qin Hai turn around and want to leave, Ning Zhongying warned again worriedly.

"Director Ning, don't worry, I will take care of both." Qin Hai agreed.

Chen Rongkun smiled from the side: "Xiao Qin is really hardworking, but Director Ning values ​​you so much, you have to put the things in the factory first, and don't disappoint Director Ning's expectations."

"Don't worry, Director Chen. I'll go first." Qin Hai returned a smile to Chen Rongkun, then handed the bag containing the materials to Wei Long, and asked him to take it back to the factory. He followed Ning Mo to Ge Dongyan empty-handed. .

"Why is Xiao Qin still in contact with the army?" Looking at the backs of Qin Hai and Ning Mo, Chen Rongkun asked Ning Zhongying.

Ning Zhongying smiled helplessly, and said: "This kid has too many tricks. If it weren't for his contribution to the factory, I would never approve his fake."

"Hehe, you young man..." Chen Rongkun expressed a general sigh of emotion, he could hear that Ning Zhongying's accusation against Qin Hai was a derogation but a compliment, so naturally he would not speak ill of Qin Hai.

Qin Hai and Ning Mo walked quickly in front of Ge Dongyan, Qin Hai smiled and said hello: "Platoon Leader Ge, you have worked hard."

"Huh! You still know how to come back!" Ge Dongyan scolded with eyes not eyes and nose not nose, "Do you know how many days I have been waiting for you?"

"I can't help it. I can't help myself in the workplace. If you want to blame, you can blame his father." Qin Hai pointed at Ning Mo and began to shift the fire.

"According to my violent temper, I don't want to wait for you for a long time... get in the car." Ge Dongyan muttered, and sat in the driver's seat first.

Ge Dongyan came from Hongze two days ago. He was eager to find Qin Hai to start talking about the military shovel, but he found out that Qin Hai had gone on a business trip when he came back to Qingfeng factory. .

In that era, people had no mobile phones or pagers, and business trips were like fish in the sea, and they couldn't be contacted at all. Fortunately, Qin Hai explained all the relevant matters to Ning Mo and the others before leaving. Ge Dongyan took Ning Mo and others around Pingyuan for two days, and some things were done, but some key issues still have to wait. Only when Qin Hai comes back can he decide. In the past two days, a calm person like Ge Dongyan has been spitting out a few times.

Yesterday, Ning Mo finally brought news to Ge Dongyan, saying that the factory had received a telegram from Ning Zhongying, and they would arrive in Pingyuan today. When Ge Dongyan found out the time of the train, he drove Ning Mo to pick him up in his jeep.

I don't know if the railway department deliberately added to Ge Dongyan's congestion. The train from Pujiang was delayed for more than half an hour, which undoubtedly made Ge Dongyan's heart a little more angry.

Of course, Ge Dongyan also knew that he should not blame Qin Hai. After all, he is an employee of Qingfeng Factory, and traveling with the factory manager is necessary for his job. What reason does he have to object? He flung his face at Qin Hai, but it was just because he had been aggrieved for too long and he had to vent.

By the time Qin Hai and Ning Mo got into the jeep, Ge Dongyan's anger had subsided. Qin Hai sat on the vice seat, looked at Ge Dongyan, and asked, "Platoon Leader Ge, where are we going now?"

"Steel plant." Ge Dongyan replied.

"Is the matter of the steel factory settled?" Qin Hai turned his head and asked Ning Mo in the back row.

"It's done." Ning Mo said, "After you left, Yu Haitao and Miao Lei and I went to contact the county, but they ignored us at all. When Platoon Leader Ge came this time, he brought a letter of introduction from the provincial military region. After a visit to the economic committee, the matter was settled. The county agreed to lease us the equipment of the steel plant, on the condition that we have to pay for electricity, water, and equipment wear and tear.”

"Hehe, it's still the army's face." Qin Hai said to Ge Dongyan with a smile.

"No matter how big the face of the army is, it's not as big as that of your expert Qin." Ge Dongyan replied angrily.

"I'm guilty, I really didn't know that this matter could be done so quickly. I thought it would take a few months." Qin Hai quickly apologized.

With Qin Hai keeping a low profile, it was inconvenient for Ge Dongyan to say anything more. He started the car and drove Qin Hai and Ning Mo towards the steel factory, while briefly introducing the relevant situation to Qin Hai.

It turned out that after Qin Hai and Yue Guoyang talked about the idea of ​​exporting military shovels to Iran and Iraq, Yue Guoyang really went to his comrade in arms who was engaged in the international arms trade, and asked him to help contact the military shovel business at a convenient time. Coincidentally, at this time there happened to be an Iraqi military delegation visiting China, planning to import a batch of main battle equipment from China. This comrade-in-arms of Yue Guoyang was in charge of receiving the delegation. The military shovel drawings sent by Yue Guoyang were handed over to the Iraqis.

The personnel on the Iraqi side were also soldiers. As soon as they saw the drawings, they understood the beauty of this kind of military shovel. Immediately, their eyes widened and they decided to import 20,000 shovels to equip the corps that was stalemate with the Iranian army on the front line. For such a transaction, they don't need to ask the country for instructions, because in their view, the order amount for 20,000 military shovels is really pitifully small.

Yue Guoyang's comrade-in-arms hurriedly reported the news to Yue Guoyang, asking him to seize the time to organize production and ensure supply. In addition, that comrade-in-arms also told Yue Guoyang that the steel quality requirements of the Iraqis for the military shovel did not meet the standards of the military shovel in Yue Guoyang's hand. They just hoped to have better rust resistance, because in the hot environment of the Gulf , the problem of metal corrosion is very serious.

After Yue Guoyang got the news, he immediately ordered Ge Dongyan to go to Pingyuan to inform Qin Hai to start production. Who knew that Ge Dongyan rushed over in a hurry, but Qin Hai went on a business trip, making Ge Dongyan wait for two full days.